Acetylene-gas-burner cleaner.



PATENTED MAY 26, 1908. D. BARNARD.` ACETYLENE GAS BURNER CLEANER.

APPLICATION FILED APR.15. 1907.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIOE.

DAVIS BARNARD, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE BARNARD LIGHTAND HEAT COMPANY, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, A CORPORATION OFCALIFORNIA.

ACETYLENE-GAS-BURNER CLEANER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 26, 1908.

Appiication mea Aprii i5, i907. seriai No. 368,447.

` which the following is a specification.

In the use of acetylene burners, it is found necessary to frequentlyclean the same, the outlets of the burners being so very small that anyslight obstruction will greatly din minish the light and will defiectthe flame, thereby causing incomplete combustion and imperfect light;consequently, it is found necessary to provide seine` means forconveniently cleaning the same. Such means have heretofore been providedby fastening a wire to some sort of holder. Such wires are necessarilyvery small and liable to be broken. It is further necessary to provide aprotection for the wire, and such protection has heretofore beenafforded by means of a cap screwed to the end of the handle to house thewire when not in use. Such cap is liable to loss for the reason that itis not in use while the cleaner is in use, and the person using thecleaner is apt to lay the cap aside while using the cleaner, and throughinadvertence or otherwise, fail to return it to its place. In case thewire becomes broken from such handle, the instrument is 0f no furtheruse for the purpose for which it is designed.

It is one of the Objects of this invention to provide anacetylene-gas-burner cleaning device which is free from all of theobjections heretofore noted, provision being made therein for puttingthe wire-protecting device into use as a necessary part of theinstrument while it is being used for cleaning the light, and provisionalso being made whereby when one wire is broken from the handle anotherwire is immediately accessible for use; a large number of wires beingstored in the instrument for successive use as the wires from time totime become broken. n Another object is to so construct the dee vicethat the case will be detachabljT held in place by a simple contrivanceadding nothing to the cost of the device; to so construct the appliancethat each wire may be, in proper succession, bent away from its fellowsinto position for use, and to so confor storage when not in use.indicate the wires in closed position. Fig. 2

struct the device that it is transformable in the easiest and mostconvenient manner from its adjustment for use as a cleaner to adjustmentfor carrying in the pocket.

Other objects and advantages of this invention may appear from thesubjoined detailed description.

The invention may be applied in different forms, and in the accompanyingdrawings I shall show the invention in that form I at present deem mostdesirable. The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention. l

Figure 1 is a view of the appliance folded Dotted lines is a view of theappliance with the case removed and one cleaning wire bent over andready to be inserted into the case. Dotted lines indicate a furtherposition of the case just before the wire and its handle are insertedthereinto. Fig. 3 is an end view of the handle and wires in the positionshown in Fig. 2, the same being viewed from the left of the figure,omitting the case. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal, sectional view of thecleaner ready for use. Dotted lines indicate a position into which thecleaning wire may be bent for cleaning bicycle lamps or otherlampburners difficult of access. Fig. 5 is a plan view of thewire-holder or inner handle before the parts are assembled. Fig. 6 is alongitudinal, sectional view of the holder-body and its bundle of wires,said wires being secured therein aslant instead of being bent as shownin Fig. 2.

l designates a hollow inner body or chambered holder member provided'inone side with anv opening 2 and at one end with a longitudinal groove 3.4 designates wires fastened in said hollow body and accessiblethrough'the opening 2 and adapted respectively to be bent over andbrought into the groove 3, and to then extend eiidwise beyond the end ofthe hollow body 1. hollow body may be formed of a section of tube milledout between its ends to form the opening 2, and preferably the end ofthe opening adjacent the slot 3 will be further shaped into an acuteangle 5 from the apex of which the groove 3 extends to the end of thebody l; the purpose of this being to guide each wire into the groovewhenever such wireis Said bent over to extend fromthe end of the bodyfor cleaning purposes. The wires 4 are necessarily of very smalldiameter, and a large number,-say for example iifty,-may readily beinclosed in one-half the space of a tube of about one-eighth inchinternal diameter, ordinarily called three-sixteenths inch tube; and Iprefer at present to place the bundle of wires diametrically as far aspossible from the grooved side 8, so that there will be as long a bendof the wires as practicable when the same are bent over individuallyinto the groove, the purpose being to give as long life as possible toeach wire allowing the same to be bent into and out of operativeposition a large number of times.

In practical manufacture, the bundle of wires may be placed inappropriate position in the body with the ends of one end of the bundlehoused Within the grooved end of the hollow body, and there the same maybe secured by means of solder 6, or by any other suitable means whichmay suggest itself to the skilled mechanic.

7 designates a sheath, shell or case adapted to iit upon the body 1 whenthe wires are brought within the contourof such body. Said sheath servesa double purpose; namely, first that of confining the bundle of wireswithin the body, and protecting the same from breakage or bending andfrom wearing the pocket, and from becoming covered with dust or dirt,and second, for holding a single wire in cleaning position when the samehas been brought into the groove 3. The sheath 7 serves a furtherpurpose in that it can be used to bring the wire over into the grooveafter the wire has been started in its separation from the bundle ofwires. This is indicated by the slotted positions of parts in Fig. 2.

By reference to Fig. 4 it will be seen that when the sheath is in placeon the body 1, it firmly holds the cleaning wire in position for use,the solid and dotted lines by which said cleaning wire is represented,indicate different positions in which the wire may extend from thehandle forv the purpose of cleaning different forms of burners, orburners in different positions. Y By reference to Figs. 2, 3 and 6, itwill be seen that the bundle of wires 4 may have a permanent outwardtension, thus serving as spring means to retain the holder-body 1 in thesheath or case 7. This tension of the wires may be given thereto byupsetting the same forcibly either before or after the bundle has beensecured in the holder-body 1 or the wires may be set aslant in theholderlbody, and there soldered as indicated in *ign 6.

In order to form a convenient closure for the end of the holder-bodyopposite that provided with the groove, a plug S provided with a roundedhead 9 may be wedged firmly into the end of the tubular holder 1. Thestem of the plug is preferably slightly tapered, and the plug firmlydriven home, thus in a. cheap and simple manner forming a closure and arounded end for the handle of the device. The head 9 projectssufficiently to afford a solid stop against which the sheath 7 comes torest when fully in place. The head further projects suiiiciently to forma slight catch beyond the walls of the sheath 7, so that the fingers mayreadily grasp the same to withdraw the holder from the sheath.

The ap liances will be placed on the market with all t ie wiresinclosedwithin the sheath. The user may gain access to the wires bysimply withdrawing the sheath, and then by uplifting the end of one ofthe wires he may catch it with the sheath and bringl it over into thegroove 3, the oblique walls of the angular portion 5 of the opening2serving to guide the wire directly into the end of the groove. Then bysimply advancing the sheath over the protruding wire and the grooved endof the holder, the wire is iirmly brought down into the groove and thereheld until the sheath has been brought home against the head 9 of theholder. Thereupon, the separated wire indicated by 4 will be leftprotruding from the end of the cleaner ready for use, and it may be bentto any position desired. When the user desires to again restore theappliance to his pocket, he will simply remove the sheath 7 from theholder-body and protruding wire, and will then bring the end of theholder-body into the sheath, allowing the protruding wire 4 to beoutside of the sheath. Then by pushing the sheath from the holder-body,the protruding wire will be brought back into the inside of the sheathalong with the bundle of wires, and thereupon the bundle of wires willbe compressed and the tension thereof against the sheath will serve tohold the sheath in place.

Vhat I claim is 2- 1. A holder provided. with a side opening and abundle of wires inside said holder fastened together and free at oneend.

2. A holder provided with a side opening, a bundle of wires fastenedinside said holder and free at one end, and means for covering saidopening.

3. A holder providedwith a side opening and a bundle of wires fastenedinside said holder and free at one end, and a sheath for said holder.

4. A holder provided with a side opening, a bundle of wires fastenedinside said holder and free at one end, a groove being formed in one endof the holder to receive the wires separately, and a sheath to coversaid opening and groove.

5. A hollow holder provided with an opening in one side, a bundle ofwires fastened at one end inside one end of the holder, a plug in theother end of the holder provided With a rojecting head, and a sheath forthe ho der.

6. A hollow holder having an opening, at one side, a bundle of Wiresfastened by one end in one end of the holder, the other end of saidbundle being free and adapted to be separately bent out of said openinginto position for use, a sheath for said holder, and a plug in the otherend of the holder provided with a head that projects beyond the sheathwhen the same is on the holder.

7 .i A holder provided With a chamber and a groove at one end, a Wire inthe chamber adapted to be bent into the groove, and a sheath to inclosethe Wire When in the chamber, and to also inclose a portion of the Wirewhen in the groove.

8. A chambered holder provided With a side opening, a bundle of springWires fastened by one end in one end of the holder, and normallyprojecting aslant from the holder, and -a sheath to normally hold theWires in the holder and to be held on the l' sheath by engagement of thebundle.

9. A tube provided With an o ening in one side, a bundle of Wires in thetu e free at one end and a plug of solder illing one end of the tube andembedding the ends of the Wires at one end of the bundle.

10. A tubular holder having an opening in one side, a bundle of Wireshaving one end free and the other end fastened in the holder at one endthereof and at the side of the i e holder opposite said opening, saidholder having a groove extending from said opening to the end of theholder to receive the Wires separately, and means for holding the Wiresseparately and successively in the groove.

11. A holder provided With an opening in one side and a groove at oneend communicating With said opening, said opening terminating in anacute angle communicating With said groove, a Wire fastened in theholder and adapted to be bent into the groove, and means Jfor holdingthe Wire in the groove.

12. A holder provided with an opening in one side and a groove at oneend communieating With said opening, said opening terminating in anacute angle communicating With said groove, a Wire fastened in theholder and adapted to be bent into the groove, and a sheath to coversaid opening and to hold the Wire in the groove.

13. An acetylene gas-burner cleaner comprising a tube having an openingin one side and a groove at one end communicating With said opening, aplug of solder in such end, a sheath for said tube, a bundle of Wiresembedded in said solder at one end, and free at the other end andadapted to be separately bent into said groove, and a taper plug wedgedin the other end of the tube having a head Which Jforms a stop for thesheath and projects beyond the sheath.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Los AngelesCalifornia this 9th day of April 1907.

DAVIS BARNARD.

In presence of- JAMES R. ToWNsEND, M. BEULAH TOWNSEND.

